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The human factor in licensing and operating the next generation of nuclear plants
As human factors specialists working at the intersection of human performance and nuclear operations, we are witnessing one of the nuclear sector’s most significant transitions in decades. The emergence of small modular reactors, microreactors, and other advanced designs is reshaping the industry’s landscape. Digital instrumentation and controls, passive safety systems, and increased automation are creating opportunities for greater safety margins and more flexible operation. These same features also fundamentally redefine what it means to “operate” a nuclear plant. Interactions among human roles, automation, and passive systems shape how people maintain awareness, exercise judgment, and intervene when necessary. These developments affect both operational realities and the regulatory foundations on which nuclear safety is built.
Yin-Pang Ma, Bau-Shei Pei, Wei-Keng Lin, Yih-Yun Hsu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 92 | Number 1 | October 1990 | Pages 134-140
Technical Paper | Development of Nuclear Gas Cleaning and Filtering Techniques / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34493
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A physically based theoretical model of gas-liquid and steam-water two-phase flow in a horizontal tee-junction is developed. The model includes five independent equations: the mixture continuity equation, the vapor-phase continuity equation, the x direction momentum equation, the y direction momentum equation, and the energy equation. Any five unknown hydraulic parameters of the tee-junction can be solved in various ways, for virtually any choice of three well-posed boundary conditions. The uncertainty of the interfacial terms and the number of empirical constants that are used in the model are limited. The results of the calculations are compared with experimental data gathered from the literature. The comparison shows that the predictive ability of the model is reasonably good, except that the mass balance equation of the vapor phase is not suitable for some of the steam-water experimental data, and interfacial evaporation and condensation terms should be introduced into the model in the future.